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A review by archergal
Gentleman Jole and the Red Queen by Lois McMaster Bujold
3.0
Full disclosure: I've read all the Miles Vorkosigan books, but not recently, and most of them only once. So I didn't have the depth of background that maybe more hard-core fans of the series might have. I honestly didn't remember a lot of the detail that was brought up in the story from the past.
As other reviewers have said, this is pretty much a book about starting over, in lots of different ways. It's about older folks falling in love and having sex. (I really appreciate love stories that involve older folks, because even old folks like me like to have role models in fiction.) It's not a book with big happenings like battles or planet-wide conflicts. It's about taking new paths at whatever point in life you're at, without forgetting or dismissing anything that went before. It's about family in whatever shape family takes for you, or how you make your family.
I'm not a romance reader, but I did enjoy Cordelia and Jole discovering their love for each other. It's a kissing book, but one even an old unromantic soul like mine can enjoy. It's also a little uninvolving toward the last part, largely because of the absence of any real conflict going on. But it's an easy, pleasant read, and I liked it well enough.
As other reviewers have said, this is pretty much a book about starting over, in lots of different ways. It's about older folks falling in love and having sex. (I really appreciate love stories that involve older folks, because even old folks like me like to have role models in fiction.) It's not a book with big happenings like battles or planet-wide conflicts. It's about taking new paths at whatever point in life you're at, without forgetting or dismissing anything that went before. It's about family in whatever shape family takes for you, or how you make your family.
I'm not a romance reader, but I did enjoy Cordelia and Jole discovering their love for each other. It's a kissing book, but one even an old unromantic soul like mine can enjoy. It's also a little uninvolving toward the last part, largely because of the absence of any real conflict going on. But it's an easy, pleasant read, and I liked it well enough.